Healthcare has come a long way in identifying safety issues-even the possibility of safety issues-but as many quality directors and frontline staff know, identifying is not solving....

In 2011, the 311-bed Lucile Packard Children's ­Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., was beginning to use its ­Packard Quality Management System as a methodology for improvement, empowering employe...

Hospitals in Connecticut—from Bridgeport to Greenwich and beyond—have looked toward the aviation industry and other high-risk professions to help them operate more smoothly and safely, a...

Health insurance providers have spent less than 1% of the premium dollars they collected from policy holders on quality initiatives, a Commonwealth Fund study said. Source: HealthLeaders Media ...

There are four phases of emergency management. Name them and identify which two occur prior to the emergency event. ...

Join us for the 7th Annual Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP) Conference on June 6-7 in Las Vegas! Previous attendees can attest – The AHAP conference provides inval...

The 2013 AHAP conference, to be held June 6-7, 2013 at The Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, will include a poster session as part of its conference offerings. It’s an informal...

Hello AHAP members, we’ve received a couple job openings and have been asked if we could share them with the membership in case anyone was interested in pursuing either of them. Please feel fr...

Q: What is the basic model for conducting a risk assessment? ...

According to a recent post on the AARP blog, various companies and nonprofit organizations, such as The Leapfrog Group, HealthGrades, and The Joint Commission, may not see eye-to-eye when it comes t...